slights

英 [slaɪts]

美 [slaɪts]

n.  侮慢; 冷落; 轻视
v.  侮慢; 冷落; 轻视
slight的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻微的;少量的;小的
  Something that isslightis very small in degree or quantity.
  1. Doctors say he has made a slight improvement...
     医生说他的病情稍有好转。
  2. We have a slight problem...
     我们有一个小小的问题。
  3. A slight smile flickered over his face...
     他的脸上闪过一丝微笑。
  4. He's not the slightest bit worried.
     他一点儿也不担心。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)瘦弱的，瘦小的
  Aslightperson has a fairly thin and delicate looking body.
  1. She is smaller and slighter than Christie.
     她比克里斯蒂瘦小。
  2. ...a slight, bespectacled figure.
     身材瘦小、戴着眼镜的人
• VERB 不理睬;藐视;轻蔑;冷落
  If youare slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important.
  1. They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
     没有充分征求他们的意见，这让他们感到被冷落了。
  2. Slightis also a noun.
     
  3. It isn't a slight on my husband that I enjoy my evening class.
     我喜欢上夜课并非是对丈夫的冷落。
• PHRASE (用于加强陈述的否定语气)一点也(不)
  You usein the slightestto emphasize a negative statement.
  1. That doesn't interest me in the slightest...
     那一点也不能引起我的兴趣。
  2. 'Do you worry about ageing?' — 'Not in the slightest.'
     “你担心变老吗？”——“一点也不。”

双语例句

• You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices.
  你可能一辈子都憎恨这些考验，为这些侮辱和不公平忿忿不平。
• But calling even this "leadership" slights it, because its effectiveness lies not in any individual so much as in the collective social process essentially in community.
  但是即便将这称为“领导力”也还有点以偏概全，因为它的效果不取决于任何个人，而是取决于集体，尤其是社区内部的社会交互过程。
• It's easy to overlook slights and red flags that should warn us away from dangerous waters.
  容易忽视藐视，以及我们远离“危险”的那些警告征兆。
• Scarlett was so bewildered and infuriated at these slights that the party was utterly ruined for her.
  思嘉看到这些情况，既惊讶，又气愤，觉得这次宴会是完全失败了。
• While Nile Gardiner, one Romney adviser, has made a fetish of compiling lists of alleged slights to Britain by the Obama administration, most of these have failed to register with the British themselves.
  罗姆尼的一名顾问奈尔加德纳（nilegardiner）夸张地列出了一份清单，宣称上面都是表明奥巴马政府轻慢英国的一些事实，其中大多数连英国人自己都没有注意到。
• Suicide bombers often target police stations or local government bureaux in retribution for land grabs or other slights.
  自杀式炸弹袭击通常以警察局或者地方政府办公楼为目标，以报复强占土地或者其他蔑视民众利益的举动。
• In recent weeks, Mrs. Obama has talked of insults and slights directed at her husband and caricatures that have pained her.
  最近几周，米歇尔谈及那些对她丈夫发出的侮辱与蔑视，以及令她痛苦不堪的漫画。
• Esther, in turn, became less sensitive to their slights.
  艾斯达也不太在意他们对她的轻视。
• Personal strength: A tenacious memory, especially for real or imagined slights.
  个人优点：有着超乎常人的记忆力，尤其对于事实上的和想象的侮辱。
• Become Indifferent to Slights because time and energy are too valuable to waste on petty matters.
  忽视细节因为时间和精力太宝贵，不能浪费在琐碎的事情上。